Research

Magazine and newspaper articles, current health topics, business research & more. For more information about our online databases click here.

Databases

New Book Recommendation Database

NoveList Reader's Advisory Guide to Fiction -- Looking for your next good read, questions for your book club discussion, award winners, author read-alikes, and more?

Automotive Repair Database

• ChiltonLibrary - The ChiltonLibrary allows you to browse through a list of vehicles in order to obtain specific repair instructions.
  

Genealogy Databases

• Ancestry Library Edition
  To connect from computers inside the library
  (Access available from inside the library only)
  Search like the pros-check out this great tutorial!
  

• HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest)
  To connect from computers inside the library
  To connect from computers outside the library

Magazine & Journal Articles, Biographies, Social Studies, & More

• Biography Resource Center
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online
  (to access from home click here)
• Britannica Kids (grades 4-9)
  (to access from home click here)
• Info Trac/General Reference
  • Student Edition (grades 10 - 12)
  • Jr. Edition (grades 6 - 9)
  • Kids InfoBits (grades K - 5)
• Social Studies Fact Cards (grades 4-8)

Newspapers

• New York Times – Available through Info Trac General Reference Center Gold

Business Resources

• ReferenceUSA – Information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, organizations, and agencies.
  

Health & Wellness Resources

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
• MedlinePlus (para español, haga clic aquí

Telephone Directories

• ReferenceUSA

Literature

• Literature Resource Center
• NoveList Reader's Advisory Guide to Fiction -- Looking for your next good read, questions for your book club discussion, award winners, author read-alikes, and more?

Other Library Catalogs

• Black Gold Cooperative Library System Online Catalog
• Ventura County Library Services Agency
• California Libraries Catalog (If you are searching from home click here.)
• University of California/Melvyl Catalog
• Central Coast Museum Consortium

Foundation Center

• Foundation Directory Online Professional
• Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
  (Access to these Foundation Center Databases are available only at the Central Library.)
  
  Wireless access now available at the Central library to the Foundation Directory Online Professional , and Foundation Grants to Individuals Online - two premier grantseeking databases on the web developed by the Foundation Center.